March 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Call to Order
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1.1. Pledge of Allegiance
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1.2. Excuse Absent Board Members
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2. Approval of Consent Agenda
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2.1. Agenda
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2.2. Minutes of previous meeting
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3. Guests
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Guests in attendance were Kelly Clausen, Jordan Johnson, Bret Carlson, Doug Johnson, Mark (building guy and other guy) and LeAnna Munter
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4. Financial Reports
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4.1. Treasurer
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4.2. Claims
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4.3. Activity
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5. Action Items
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5.1. Discuss, consider, and make a motion and a second to approve the 2025-26 Master Calendar as presented by the Americanism Committee.
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5.2. Discuss, consider, and make a motion and a second to approve the hiring of Kristen Frevert for the position of 5th Grade.
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5.3. Discuss, consider, and make a motion and a second to approve the hiring of Ms. Sophia Macgregor for the position of Special Education Instructor.
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5.4. Discuss, consider, and make a motion and a second to approve the changing of the per diem food rates for students at NSAA state championship events from $10.00 per meal to $15.00 per meal, effective immediately.
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5.5. Discuss, consider, and make a motion and a second to approve the principal salaries for the 2025-26 year as proposed by the negotiations committee.
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5.6. Discuss, consider, and make a motion and a second to approve the 2025-26 Classified staff salary schedule as presented.
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5.7. Discuss, consider, and make a motion and a second to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Wausa Development Corporation as presented.
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5.8. Discuss, consider, and make a motion and a second to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Builders of the Future Association as presented.
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5.9. Discuss, consider, and make a motion and a second to approve the preschool schedule changes for the 2025-26 school year as presented.
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Motion Died without a motion and a second. It was decided to allow the Elementary principal more time to discuss the schedule change with parents.
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5.10. Discuss, consider, and make a motion and a second to approve the purchase of an 11-passenger van from Speedway Auto in Bloomfield ($30,000.00).
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6. Reports
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6.1. Superintendent
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Mr. Hoesing discussed the LB140 cellphone ban bill that, if passed, will require schools to adopt a policy regulating student use of electronic communication devices. The school will need to plan and get a policy in place for next school year. He also touched on all the high school activities and thanked all the coaches, sponsors, and students for all their hard work. They are seeing a lot of good things with FFA,, Skills USA, speech and boys basketball. The boys are headed to state this weekend and the speech team picked up Conference champions at the speech meet today.
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6.2. Principal
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Mr. Anderson discussed the NECC academic contest coming up. They will also work on scheduling for next school year for academics and the ITE needs. He also noted handbook changes that we need to get ready for next school year. It is Art show month for Mrs. Baue and the art students. They are working hard to prepare for that. Teacher evaluations will be completed this week. Lastly, the co-op with wrestling and JH basketball wrapped up their seasons with successes in both sports. We will continue to send students to Osmond for FFA for next year.
Mrs. Heimies discussed the new hires for next year and is very excited about the new staff members joining our team. Read Across America took place March 3rd-7th. Students are doing really great with reading and seeing a lot of success. Each class set reading goals and participated in fun activities. The vending book machine is still going strong with students hitting lots of AR goals and earning more books. Scholastic book fair will be held March 31-April 4th and proceeds go to the AR rewards program, student incentives, and the Book Vending Machine. She also noted a few items for student safety she would like to add to the handbook for next year. |
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6.3. Activities Director
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Mr. Conn discussed the basketball season coming to a close. Lading Vikings finished with a good season and showed great improvement. The boys extended their season and are headed to state basketball. They will play Fullerton at 6pm on Thursday at the Devaney Center. Track season is under way and we currently have 16 girls who have started practice. The boys will attend after the basketball season is over. The first track meet is in Plainview on March 25th. The Wausa Speech team competed at Conference Speech today and took home the championship trophy. Speech students are having good success and will compete at districts March 17th. Lastly, four students will represent WHS in the Class D All State Instrumental in Kearney on Saturday, March 29th.
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7. Discussion Items
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7.1. NRCSA Spring conference Registration
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7.2. Strategic Planning (Feasibility Study Discussion, next steps, etc.)
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8. Executive (Closed) Session (If needed)
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9. Dates of Future Board Meetings
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10. Adjourn
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